HOW KNOCKOUTS ARE SHAPING UP

LEICESTER and Racing lead the qualifiers for the round of 16 in the Champions Cup in early April. The remaining clubs will be finalised today. Leicester, who play the eighthplaced team in Pool A, ended top of Pool B and Racing head Pool A. Wasps, Cardiff, Toulouse or Stade Francais will fill the final two slots in Pool B. Montpellier or Glasgow or Ospreys will complete the Pool A qualifiers. Pool A qualifiers: (1) Racing, (2) Ulster, Leinster, Stade Rochelais, Exeter, Sale.

Pool B qualifiers: (1) Leicester, (2) Harlequins, Bristol, Munster, Connacht, Bordeaux.